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TREKKING IN THE HIMALAYAS, NANGA PARBAT PAKISTAN
... Plains located at the height of 4000M, which is filled with flowers in the summer, also there is big lake at this elevation can find the trout fish as well as in water streams, presenting the most rewarding scenic view.NANGA PARBAT 8125M is the Western conner (end) of the Himalayan Range, Nanga Parbat means “Naked Mountain” is the 2nd highest Peak in Pakistan and 9th position in the world. It has three famous faces for ...
TREKKING IN PAKISTAN
... il Batutra, il Biafo, l’Hispar. Questi ultimi due formano un corridoio glaciale lungo 117 km. e che è il più lungo dopo quelli che si trovano ai poli. Nella zona settentrionale del Pakistan ci sono più di 20 passi di montagna e 76 strette valli. La migliore definizione che si può dare del territorio della zona settentrionale è:UN DESERTO DI MONTAGNA E UN PARADISO PER GLI AMANTI DELL’AVVENTURA" . La wilderness di ghiaccio e roccia ...
Karakoram Highway – a great Adventure!
... checked into the Bei Lei Xin Hotel which unfortunately had no running water, heating (it was zero degrees outside) or electricity. We overcame these set backs by enjoying our last few beers under the blankets in our room before crossing into the dry zone of Pakistan.
The next morning we were up early to get to the Chinese immigration a few hundred meters down the road, three hours later we were packed in a small Pakistani bus together with boxes and ...
500km in 24 hours. Up the KKH by bus.
... clinging to the cliff sides.
I’m not sure what type of climate I expected to find here after looking at the photos from home but I should have been able to guess it. Hot, dry and harsh. If anything could live here, then it would be doing it, right? The interesting thing though, is that anywhere there is water everything jumps to life in a big way. After miles of nothing but dead brown rock, there ...
You Want More.....? Are You Sure.....?
... to buy some Bollywoood-Rap music in Karimabad. In hindsight I think Alan was pleased they did not stock it in the general stores. Perhaps, on our next visit...
The road from Gupis to Gilgit followed the rushing grey rapids and the deep gravel beds of the Gilgit River; it's fate to eventually join with the Naltar and Hunza Rivers become part of the mighty Indus River network. The drive was again through pretty scenery and the road, ...
